K-Pop and Korean lifestyles, who don't know in Bhutan. Korean lifestyle has a huge influence in our Bhutanese people, especially the youth. Music, dress, food, hairstyle, almost every bit of the youths' life in Bhutan has so much similarity. Which even gives the sense of Koreans' vibrant presence among us.
If anybody takes a casual walk around Thimphu city, it's very obvious that Koreans alike Bhutanese youth are everywhere.
Talking of which the recent tragic death of K-Pop singer Jonghyun of Shinee at 27 brought so much sorrow and pains in the hearts of Bhutanese youth.
They even took it to the street, an open space to mourn the death of an accomplished singer, songwriter, and dancer, Jonghyun.
In June this year, the first-ever KPop concert at the Changlingmethang National Stadium also gathered a large crowd, the highest gathering so far for a concert in Bhutan. In a concert, where the highlights were performance by world-renowned artist Park Jae-Sang, popularly known as PSY, and other K-Pop artists, Badkiz, Boys Republic, Girlfriend, Hwang Chi-Yuel; and Lovelyz, youth and old, child and mothers had a feast for their eyes.
Rumour also had it that a few girls even fainted at the sight of their favorite K-Pop stars on stage in person.
While Bhutanese youth have so much madness and likeness for K-Pop and their lifestyles and have influenced our youth at such a level, a question always arises, "How many more years before Bhutan becomes the next Korea? When they have taken to the open space to mourn the death of a K-Pop star, do we have to understand something from this?"
But I am sure, as Bhutanese first, one will also be greatly influenced by our bloodline, instincts, and consciousness, to be a citizen of Bhutan at the end of the day.
